Download This: In Still Life

Yep, there really is an app for pretty much everything. Renowned conceptual artist John Baldessari just launched one called In Still Life (available for free on iTunes) that allows folks of varied artistic ability to interact with classic paintings. Users start out with the 17th-century Dutch canvas Banquet Still Life by Abraham van Beyeren, and can manipulate thirty-eight different elements within the piece at will. "[Baldessari’s] work is always about questioning images," LACMA Associate Curator Leslie Jones explains. "He’s really getting people to look at things differently and be active viewers." If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Baldessari’s gorgeous, pointed work in person, be sure not to miss Pure Beauty, a retrospective of his work that’ll be showing at LACMA from June 27-September 12 and at the Met in N.Y.C. from October 20-January 9, 2011.

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